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4 Jul 2024 · In so many ways, TJ Ballantyne is a classic Ken Loach hero: a working-class, middle-aged man trying to simply eke out a dignified living, but meeting obstacles at each turn — a victim
5 Jul 2024 · 10 Essential Ken Loach Films. Cillian Murphy as Damien O'Donovan and Pádraic Delaney as Teddy O'Donovan in 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley'. British national treasure Ken Loach 's final film, The Old Oak, premiered just over a year ago at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival but is only just reaching theaters in America, ironically, as the Labour ...
6 Jul 2024 · Reporting from London. July 6, 2024. Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain will barely get his feet under the desk in 10 Downing Street before he flies to Washington this coming week to attend a ...
6 Jul 2024 · If film-maker Ken Loach’s Spirit of 45 captured the hopes of ordinary people, his later film, I, Daniel Blake, which showed the absurdities of life on no benefits – a blue-collar worker with the misfortune to fall ill – falls into poverty and frustration with a “computer says no” benefit state.
5 Jul 2024 · Con il suo cinema sociale e il suo carisma Ken Loach, 88 anni, è il simbolo della sinistra britannica. Per lui, allontanato dai laburisti nel 2021 per il suo sostegno a Corbyn, la vittoria di ...
5 Jul 2024 · The man chosen by British voters to take the reins of the United Kingdom in the coming years is methodical and calculating, even when it comes to highlighting his humble origins. The team that surrounds Keir Starmer, 61, and the journalists who follow his career, joke about the phrases that the ...
6 Jul 2024 · I, Daniel Blake premiered at the 69th Cannes Film Festival where it received the coveted Palme d'Or, making Ken Loach one of only two record-breaking directors to receive the award twice. After the rousing film's release, the conservative Prime Minister Theresa May was advised by the opposition leader on the Parliament floor to watch the film.
